San Jose Sharks

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tomas Hertl scored three goals and Joe Thornton celebrated his 1,000th game for San Jose by adding another that helped the Sharks win their seventh straight game, 5-2 over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night. Marcus Sorensen also scored and the Sharks improved to 16-3-2 in their past 21 games with

San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic has been extremely valuable and among the league’s best defenders the last decade. He doesn’t show up on offensive lists, but he’s been the league’s premier shutdown defenseman for years. Despite going against the league’s best offensive forwards and starting primarily in the defensive zone, he has tilted the

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Timo Meier scored twice, Joe Pavelski added his 20th goal of the season and the San Jose Sharks beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Monday night for their fourth win in five games. Radim Simek scored his first NHL goal, Tomas Hertl added a late power-play score and Martin Jones

In my prior piece, I laid out the four things the San Jose Sharks need to do to meet the high expectations set out for this powerhouse roster. Since then the Sharks have played three games, losing to the Dallas Stars 3-2, then beating the Arizona Coyotes 5-3 and the New Jersey Devils 5-2. We’ll

Around the San Jose Sharks, when their young power forward Timo Meier scores, its called Timo Time. In the Sharks two recent wins, the first over the New Jersey Devils and the second over the Dallas Stars, it has been Timo Time twice in each game. In the victory over the Devils, the Sharks were

For the first two months of the season, the San Jose Sharks were inconsistent and struggling to stay in playoff position in a weak Pacific Division. Then, the Sharks division competitors caught fire and the Sharks were at risk of being left in the dust. But two newcomers stepped into the lineup, proved instant fits

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Logan Couture scored twice and Martin Jones made 26 saves for his first shutout this season and the 20th of his career in the San Jose Sharks’ 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. Joe Pavelski added his 21st goal for San Jose, which has won five straight games

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Ilya Kovalchuk scored in overtime in his return from an ankle injury to lift the Los Angeles Kings over the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Saturday. Kovalchuk also scored in the first period, and Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist. Kovalchuk had missed 10 games after having an ankle

While they reside in different conferences and rarely compete for two points, the Toronto Maple Leafs and San Jose Sharks have met at the trade table a number of times over the past number of seasons. Some of the moves were simple, involving picks and players, others included some household names that would stick with

DALLAS — Miro Heiskanen and Brett Ritchie scored in the third period, and the Dallas Stars beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Friday night for their fourth consecutive victory. The game was tied at 1 before Heiskanen scored from the top of the right faceoff circle 4:38 into the third. Ritchie then got his

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Lukas Radil’s first NHL goal broke a tie with 5:47 to play and the San Jose Sharks beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-3 Saturday night. Radil, playing in just his sixth game of the season, scored on a backhand wrapround shot as the Sharks blew a 3-0 lead but got their third win